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ones who helped us up and actually gave us a break in our lives and encouraged us and gave the encouragement and the direction we needed when absolutely no one else would. it would be worth the trouble coming and i know better than to think that any good thing in my life was preordained. i know that. and i've come this far only because long ago a few people in my life thought it was actually worth the trouble. and thank goodness for that. he said the man, quote, didn't base his rating on games won or lost, but on the record of the player in later life. what kind of man he had become. i had a couple of coaches like that his influence as i can still feel today. i still have a relationship mentors in my life today. and i found the sick be the cadiz and work ethic and and forced it on a daily basis. it toughened up my game and they gave me confidence to play with the best and to never, ever let the other team inside my head those are the strengths that will serve you well in any line of work. that will come in handy if you are a republican running for the political office in massachusetts. [laug
ones who helped us up and actually gave us a break in our lives and encouraged us and gave the encouragement and the direction we needed when absolutely no one else would. it would be worth the trouble coming and i know better than to think that any good thing in my life was preordained. i know that. and i've come this far only because long ago a few people in my life thought it was actually worth the trouble. and thank goodness for that. he said the man, quote, didn't base his rating on games...
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you can also send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or send us a tweet, twitter.com/booktv. next call for professor maier comes from william in manhattan beach, california. william, thanks for holding. you're on the air. >> caller: thank you. and, professor maier, and i want to know how you say your name, that's first. [laughter] you're a national treasure, thank you, madam. >> guest: well, thank you, thank you. i say maier because i inherited the pronunciation from the family of my husband to whom i will soon be married for 50 years. so, you know, at this point it would seem to me to change the pronunciation would be an act of hostility. however, i will say i answer to meyer as well, and two of my daughters have chosen to pronounce it meyer, so it gets a little confusing in this family. >> caller: maier it is, and i have two quick questions. on booktv a year or two ago i saw a gentleman talking about his book that put the american revolution as much on the -- [inaudible] and the constitution, he put it in perspective worldwide and said that the american revolution was small
you can also send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or send us a tweet, twitter.com/booktv. next call for professor maier comes from william in manhattan beach, california. william, thanks for holding. you're on the air. >> caller: thank you. and, professor maier, and i want to know how you say your name, that's first. [laughter] you're a national treasure, thank you, madam. >> guest: well, thank you, thank you. i say maier because i inherited the pronunciation from the family of my...
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us to settle scores. how would that strategy recommending differ from the first place? >> three things. it has only been in the last year or two i have actually seen the maturation of the linkage between our air and ground if i have ever seen in combat second, not using local warlords we now have the entire afghan army. i say put that out in front the way it should be that we never had before. third, i don't believe the population protection and gets us anywhere. gradually you can have the afghans to a for themselves but we're just spinning our wheels during population protection we should get back to the number one mission to put maximum pressure on the taliban in the way only americans can to build up the afghan army. everything is a risky and it could be it does not work but the only alternative is to persist at what we're doing at the level we do it for another decade. let me give you the statistic. we have 65 battalions and roughly and each company has three or four out closed at the platoon level so
us to settle scores. how would that strategy recommending differ from the first place? >> three things. it has only been in the last year or two i have actually seen the maturation of the linkage between our air and ground if i have ever seen in combat second, not using local warlords we now have the entire afghan army. i say put that out in front the way it should be that we never had before. third, i don't believe the population protection and gets us anywhere. gradually you can have...
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this and most of us who live in d.c. think we with either have to go to private school, or we have to move out to the suburbs. i was born -- raised in public schools, so i'm a believer in that, but then the realities of what do you do for your own kids. and the question that i have for you, michelle, is, you know, you mentioned five years for a turn around in a high school. how much time do you think you needed here to really make a complete change? oops, sorry. you know, my son's elementary school is great. we love it, middle school isn't so much of a problem, but high school really is the sort of barrier, and what did you think if you could sort of project, what was your timeline in your head for, you know, a real change to be affected in the school system? >> repeat that from the perspective of a parent who, you know, doesn't have a lot of time to wait for schools to get better because their children only have one shot at an education. michelle, how, what was your timeline? how long do you think it really would have t
this and most of us who live in d.c. think we with either have to go to private school, or we have to move out to the suburbs. i was born -- raised in public schools, so i'm a believer in that, but then the realities of what do you do for your own kids. and the question that i have for you, michelle, is, you know, you mentioned five years for a turn around in a high school. how much time do you think you needed here to really make a complete change? oops, sorry. you know, my son's elementary...
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well, they really teach us to think outside the box. and this is a sixth grader who's saying this, right? and it's interesting just to sort of hear from the kids' perspective. they were all telling me what they thought about both their elementary school experience, how it differed from their middle school experience. they could articulate what the differences were and how they felt coming to school every day and it just gave you a different appreciation. [inaudible] >> and next book i'm going to let michelle interview the kids. if i could just jump in with a quick question here because it was alluded to here the high school dilemma, if you will. when michelle took over, there was so-called comprehensive high schools and they were all failing if you will by ncld. and michelle realized she couldn't take them all on at once. and you took them all -- a few at a time. and it was rough writing. i focused on dunbar which did really well one year and ran into some huge problems and, you know, i came away from this whole thing not really that en
well, they really teach us to think outside the box. and this is a sixth grader who's saying this, right? and it's interesting just to sort of hear from the kids' perspective. they were all telling me what they thought about both their elementary school experience, how it differed from their middle school experience. they could articulate what the differences were and how they felt coming to school every day and it just gave you a different appreciation. [inaudible] >> and next book i'm...
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use this time to learn a skill. this is your opportunity. >> host: one thing that interested me is you don't think much of christianity though. >> guest: i don't think much of any organized religion. ..
use this time to learn a skill. this is your opportunity. >> host: one thing that interested me is you don't think much of christianity though. >> guest: i don't think much of any organized religion. ..
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use this time to learn skills. this is your opportunity. >> host: one thing that interested me is you don't think much of christianity though. >> guest: i don't think much of any organized religion. >> host: not even for the prisons ways that? >> guest: because of organized religion was in any way the peacemaker there wouldn't be all of these religious wars going on in the world. >> host: use it in your family there was religion. >> guest: christianity. >> host: by the way it happened to your brother. your brother went on to harvard and became the superintendent of boston schools cities quite successful pity he didn't stammer. >> guest: he didn't have all. >> host: look what you've become. i think more people know you and your brother. >> guest: . my brother passed away unfortunately, but >> host: so for you at 74, the bottom line that comes in this book is just enough, you've made it. >> guest: just enough. post the that's what you said to mandela. we made it. we made it. just enough at 74. >> guest: this book is
use this time to learn skills. this is your opportunity. >> host: one thing that interested me is you don't think much of christianity though. >> guest: i don't think much of any organized religion. >> host: not even for the prisons ways that? >> guest: because of organized religion was in any way the peacemaker there wouldn't be all of these religious wars going on in the world. >> host: use it in your family there was religion. >> guest: christianity....